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Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Sophie Mirabella voted Yes
John Cobb voted No
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 83% attendance
Sophie Mirabella and John Cobb have voted the same way 99% of the time
Sophie Mirabella
Former Liberal Party Representative for Indi November 2001 – September 2013
John Cobb
Former National Party Representative for Calare November 2007 – May 2016
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and September 2013 Sophie Mirabella and John Cobb have voted in the same division 828 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 820 times. They have only voted differently 8 times.
How do their votes on policies compare?
Policies are groups of votes related to an issue. We only show policies where we have enough information on both people.
Always voted differently on
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted the same way on
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- Carbon farming
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending illegal logging
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 820 times. They have only voted differently 8 times.
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Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Sophie Mirabella voted Yes
John Cobb voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - Consideration in Detail - Offence of using precursor cells
Sophie Mirabella voted Yes in this free vote
John Cobb voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 — Consideration in Detail — Offence of using precursor cells
Sophie Mirabella voted Yes in this free vote
John Cobb voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Sophie Mirabella voted No in this free vote
John Cobb voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 96% attendance
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Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Consideration in Detail - Amend the current process
Sophie Mirabella voted Yes in this free vote
John Cobb voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Sophie Mirabella voted No in this free vote
John Cobb voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Second Reading - Bill unacceptable
Sophie Mirabella voted Yes in this free vote
John Cobb voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance